The study—published by the National Charter School Research Project at the Seattle-based Center on Reinventing Public Education—found, for instance, that charter school parents are just as sophisticated and well informed as parents who make different choices, which counters assertions that charter school parents generally do not have access to enough information to make good choices of schools.

The researchers for the study, from the University of Colorado at Denver, surveyed parents in three cities that have a number of school choice options: Denver, Milwaukee, and Washington. It also found that parents who selected charters had greater satisfaction than those who made a different choice of school.